[Note that the above game matched the 1939 NIT champion LIU with the 1939 NCAA champion Oregon Ducks.]

41.

12/18/1939

W 67-50

Wittenberg

(H)

42.

12/20/1939

W 48-39

Dayton

(H)

12/24/1939

L 49-57

USC

MSG 18,245 (1st g.- Texas 54-32 Manhattan)

[Note that the LIU team that played in 1939 Saratoga AAU Invitational included freshmen; but no seniors. The seniors continued play as professionals. Known at first as the LIU All-Stars, and then as the LIU Blackbirds. Long Island University objected to such a use of their name and disavowed its use.]